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The 5 March 1979 soft gamma-ray repeater: a fresh outlook

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

An attempt is made to explain the 8-second periodicity of the 5th March 1979 soft gamma-ray repeater as a consequence of the elastic wave precession in the rigid crust of the rotating neutron star.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9807216,
  title  = {The 5 March 1979 soft gamma-ray repeater: a fresh outlook},
  author = {G. V. Vlasov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9807216},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, no figures, LaTeX